Moths . ERISTENA.—NTMPHCLA. 191 4632. Eristena postalbalis, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, p. 175, pi. 174, fig. 3. $ . White, the palpi and a spot behind collar fuscous : abdomenwith pale fuscous bands. Pore wing with the basal half of costaand patches of the inner area suffused with fuscous; a black speckon costa just beyond the middle, with a sinuous fuscous line arising just beyond it and metat inner margin by a sinuouspostmedial line ; a yellow patchbeyond the cell between thetwo lines; a sinuous sub-marginal fuscous band with _,. ... r.^^ , „ , n „ a yellow patch on it below Fist. 114.—Eristena po


Moths . ERISTENA.—NTMPHCLA. 191 4632. Eristena postalbalis, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, p. 175, pi. 174, fig. 3. $ . White, the palpi and a spot behind collar fuscous : abdomenwith pale fuscous bands. Pore wing with the basal half of costaand patches of the inner area suffused with fuscous; a black speckon costa just beyond the middle, with a sinuous fuscous line arising just beyond it and metat inner margin by a sinuouspostmedial line ; a yellow patchbeyond the cell between thetwo lines; a sinuous sub-marginal fuscous band with _,. ... r.^^ , „ , n „ a yellow patch on it below Fist. 114.—Eristena postalbahs, v. f. i \i ?, , , 6 costa; a yellow marginal band tapering and becoming fuscous towards outer angle, a black line on its inner edge and some black marginal specks towards apes. Hind wing with traces of oblique fuscous antemedial line from cell to inner margin ; a large black discocellular spot; an indistinct postmedial line curved from costa to lower angle of cell, then excurved again


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